Emergency preparedness capacity of a university hospital in Ghana: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The health and safety of people are often endangered during emergencies and disasters. Efficient emergency management systems ensure that mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery actions exist to preserve the health, safety, and welfare of the public. Failure to carry out appropriate responses can have adverse consequences for both emergency responders and casualties; hence, the need for emergency preparedness. This study sought to assess the state of emergency preparedness capacity of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology hospital in Ghana.

Methods

A facility-based cross-sectional study was conducted between December 2018 and February 2019 using three guidelines developed respectively by the World Health Organization, the Ministry of Heal

SUBMITTER: Boateng-Osei EA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10491938 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature